In this episode, Lillian Erdahl, MD, FACS is joined by Todd Rosengart, MD, FACS, from the Baylor College of Medicine. They discuss Dr Rosengart’s recent article, “Sustaining Lifelong Competency of Surgeons: Multimodality Empowerment Personal and Institutional Strategy,” which focuses on maintaining and ensuring the competency of an aging surgeon workforce. The study provides evidence-based guiding principles as part of a comprehensive “whole of career” strategy that can be adopted at a personal, institutional, and national level.

Disclosure Information: Drs Erdahl and Rosengart have nothing to disclose.

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Rosengart, Todd K MD, FACS; Chen, Jennifer H MD; Gantt, Nancy L MD, FACS; Angelos, Peter MD, FACS; Warshaw, Andrew L MD, FACS; Rosen, Jennifer E MD, FACS; Perrier, Nancy D MD, FACS; Kaups, Krista L MD, FACS; Doherty, Gerard M MD, FACS; Zoumpou, Theofano MD; Ashley, Stanley W MD, FACS; Doscher, William MD, FACS; Welsh, David MD, FACS; Savarise, Mark MD, MBA, FACS; Sutherland, Michael J MD, MBA, FACS; Sidawy, Anton N MD, MPH, FACS; Kopelan, Adam M MD, FACS. Sustaining Lifelong Competency of Surgeons: Multimodality Empowerment Personal and Institutional Strategy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 239(2):p 187-189, August 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001066 

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